Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1980's

Wind (Contin ued from page 2) mile oval. On August 27 the racing will conclude on the facility's 3/ 8thmile track. Tickets are ava ilable at BASS T icket Cen ters and at the circu it wh en th e gat es open at 6 p. m. each ni ght. . HosPITal STOP: Phi l Kress suffered six broken ribs. a broken shoulder blade and a punctured lu ng in an AMA 600 Supersport practice session at. the M id-Ohio Sports Course in Lexington. Ohio. on Friday. August 5 ; . Kress is expected to remain in the hospit al for about 10 days; cards and letters can be sent to 909 Dartm outh Way. Concord. CA 9.4518. , A benefit raffle will be held for Chad Le h ne r in co nj u nction wi th a n AMAlCCS road ra ce a t Blackhawk . Farms Racewa y in Rockto n, Ill inois, o n August 27-28. Lehner was killed in a roa d racing accid ent August I, and all proceeds will go to his fam ily, BORN: Rebecca Rae Johnson• . daughter of Skip ' and Denise Johnson. in Huntington Beach. California. August 8; Sk ip is associate publisherInational sales manager of Cycle News. PROMOTED: Mark McPerry, to the position of natio nal sales representa tive for JT Racing USA; McPerry will be responsible for building and maintaining a national organization of sales professionals to represent JT Prod ucts to the mo torcycle ind ustry; b u sin esses in tere sted in ' h aving McPerry visit them should call 619/ 421-2660. RETIRED: Gerry Greer. founder and owner of Greer and Associates. manufacturer of motorcycle fairings; Greer has purchased land in Oregon and is "going back to nature;" Greer has sold his business to two different concerns: Prototype Concepts. Inc. (PCI) will continue to provide fairings to the likes of Lockhart and Targa. while Gozonta Enterpr ises will continue to manufacture all the fairings formerly designed and sold under the Greer . name; PCI has moved into the former Greer facilities at 1945-D Placentia, Ave.• Costa Mesa. CA 92627. 714/646-4852. whi le Gozonta Ent. is located at 5100 Thistle Place. Lovela nd. CO 80537.800/634-9132. The California Off Road Vehicle Association (CO RVA) will hold the SouthJamboree at Gorman Hungry Valley's Quail Ca nyon Special Use Area s .September 16-18. T im ed even ts for motorcy cl es, ATVs, buggies, four-wheel drive vehicles, jeeps, etc. w i ll be he ld and trophi es and plaques awarded. Camping is available for $4 per n igh t and entry fees for all events are minimal. For more information, call South Jamboree Chairman Swede Carlson at 818/ 8424753. FAX n umbers are as follows: MSF, 714/727-3227, 714/727·4217; MIC, 714/727-4211, 714/727·4217; SVIA, 714/727-3727, 714/727-4216. Washougal, Washington, August 28. Hannah will oerform stu nts in hi s Pitts biplane, hi gh over the Washou- , gal tra ck. Effect ive August 11 . Sta ge II Fire Restrictions are in effect througho ut southern Ca l i fo rn ia ' s 1 .7 million acre Los Pad res National Forest. With the exc eption of t he po rtio n of t he Mt. Pinos Ranger D istrict ' w hich is north and /or east of Piru Creek. Tho rn Pointl Pine Mountain Ridge and State Highway 33. all veh icle use is restrict ed to Forest De velopm ent Roads i n Los Pad re s National Forest. "High f ire danger. coupled w it h low er t han no rmal f uel moistu re lev el s and increasin g f ire occurrence make thi s action necessary f or pro t ect io n of the Forest resources and usin g publie. " said Forest Supervisor A rt Carro ll . Ru ss Da rn ell has on e slot ava ilab le f o r his Advanced Training Camp ,M X Sc hool at hi s Knob Hill MX f acil ity in Hem et. Cal iforn ia . A ugust 22-28. For m ore inform at io n call 7 14/ 9 8 0 -3212 . Our man on the scene in California's Bay Area, Bill " Big Time" Spencer, reports that there's a good chance we might see another " last mi le" on the San J ose .oval next spring. The mile oval a t th e .San ta Cla ra Cou nty Fairgrounds was to have been paved over th is fall , bu t Spen cer says it looks like those p lans have been p ut o n the back burner and th e Rolling Thunder of th e Camel Pro Seri es might sound again in 1989. We'll keep. you posted. The WorldSports South Promotions ad for the 5th Annual AMA Florida Gold Cup State Championship MX Series. which ran in our August 17 issue. incorrectly listed the age breakdown for the 85cc classes. Competition in the 85cc classes will consist of a division for riders seven to 11 years of age (7- 1 1) and 12 to 1 5 years of age (7 -1 5) . The series kicks off at Gainesville's Gatorback Raceway on September 1 1 . Seven -time World Champion Phil Read of Engla nd called the o ther da y to relay several bits .of informatio n. First, Read says he has several Honda RC30s for sale and interested parties can reach him by phone at 44-99·057454. Read also brok e the news that he's putting together a three-man team to con test th e 1989 Wo rld C h a m p i o n ship Su p erb ike R oa d Race Series: " I plan on fielding three riders on RC30s," said Read. " I want to have a rider from America, one from Europe and one fro m J apan . I'm loo king for rid ers wh o can bring th eir own sponsorship with them and we'll then provide machinery. transportation, crew su pport and tha t sort of thing. " Read can be reached at the phone number listed above or by wri ting: Tanglewood, Ph ilpo t Lane, Ch obham Wok in g, Surrey, En gland G U 24 8AP. Read rode Yamahas to 250cc World Cham pionship titles in 1964, 1965, 1968 and 197I and a 125cc title in 1968, and MV Agustas to 500cc World Championship cro wn s in 1973 and 1974. H e'll take a lap of honor at this year's Manx GP on a MV Agusta. George Huebner. to the position of general manager of Barnett Tool and Engineering of Santa Fe Springs. Ca liforn ia ; Huebner was formerly w ith Cagiva North America. American Suzuki Motor Corporation has donated two motorcycles. a VS700G and SP125G. to the American Motorcycle Institute in Daytona Beach. Florida . According to AMI. the bikes will be incorporated into t he school's training program. MOVED: The Motorcycl e Safety Fo undation, Motorcycle Industry • Council and Specialty Vehicle Institute of America/ AT V Safety In stitu te, to #2 J enner St., Suite 150, Irvine, CA 92718-3800; new phone! T eam Suzu ki 's Bob H a nnah IS scheduled to provide the ' en tertainment d uring intermission at the final round of th e AMA National Championshi p 125/500cc MX Series in N~MED: Jim Savoi e of Goodtimes Motorsports, In c. is looking for National caliber motocrossers who wish to co mpe te in a Supercross in Mexico City, Mexico, in November. Riders wi ll be paid sh o w money and expenses, based o n National standings. For more information, contact Savoie at 512/670-8215. . Johnny Martin. a f orm er AMA National Hare Scrambles Ch ampion an d I S D E go ld m edalist. hosted hi s f irst AMA National Cha mpionship MX. August 1 4 . at Spring Creek MX Park in M illville, Minnesota . Martin purchased the facility nearly a year ago. Martin will also host a round of the AMA Nationa l Champ ionsh ip Hare Scrambles Series. October 9 . In case you are wondering, we hav e severely punished o ur p ri nter with 100 lash es o f a we t n oodle fo r reversing the pho tos of th e 1989 Suzuki RM I25 and 80 o n page 16 in last week' s newspaper. Obviously, the caption ab o ve the .R M80 should 've been above th e 125. and vice versa. Team Kawasaki 's Ron Lechien showed up at t he Spring Creek National MX in M illville. M innesota. August 14. in style by driving up to the starting line in a li m ousine. Donnie " Holeshor" Hansen , the 1982 Supercross and Na tio nal Championship 250cc MX Series champ, will be conducting a two-day riding schoo l for Vets and Old Timers o nly at L.A. County Raceway, in Pal m da le. Ca lifornia, October 1-2. For mo re information contact DH MA, 1418 Plumeria, San Antonio, TX, 78232, or call 512/494-6019. MARRIED: Tom M ueller and Amy W hit e Scarver. J uly 30. in Greensbo ro . North Carolina; M ueller was f orm erl y . an associ ate editor at Cycle News. and presently is covering' major events f or C ycle News as a f ree-l ancer; the co uple honeymooned ' in Ber m uda an d w ill make 't heir home in Gree nsboro. T erry Fowl er (Hon) beat off-road ace Larry Roeseler (Kaw) in Class 22 (250cc+)a t the SCORE O ff Road World Champi onships at Riverside Raceway in R iverside, Californ ia August 13. David Donatoni (Hon) was th ird. In Class 20 (125cc) action, T odd Campb ell (KT M) topped J aso n Kawell (Kaw ) and Greg Itson (Yam), and Mik e Sixbery (Yam) aced C la ss 30. T he weekend 's racin g marked th e fin al time ra cing will be conducted at the sou the rn Cal ifornia faci li ty. In Japan. Honda is now offering a CBR 1000 w ith an anti-lock braking system. The system. MCALB. uses a hydro-mechanical des ign developed by Lucas Girling of England. wh ich di ffers from the electronically-co ntrolled BMW K1 0 0 ABS syst em. The Lucas Girling desi gn was re fi ned by . Niss in Kogyo to make all major parts fit in and alon gs ide the wheel hubs. A t iny f lywheel inside eac h hub senses w hen the wheel is slowing f aster than a predeter mined amount. Valves then low er the fluid pressure t o t he brake calipers. . Michelin is now planning their 1989 road race support program. All road racers interested in a pplying fo r support should submit a resume and their racing plans for 1989. All applications should be send to Ken Williams, Michel in Technical Services, P.O. Box 2501, Greenville, SC 29602-250 I. 00 00 0') The Retreads M .C. will host the Virginia Retread Rally at Staunton . Virg inia. September .16 -18 . Headquarters is th e Ingl eside Red Carpet Inn on U.S . 11 just north of Staunton . For reservations. ca ll 703 /248 -1201 . The rally w ill be limited to 800 partic ipants and is restricted to pre-reg istratio n on ly. For a pre-registration form. write Randy & Betty Brooks. 1414 Lynndale PI. . Lynchburg. VA 24502. The AMA has received an ap peal by road racer Scott G ray of the decision to deny hi s protest at th e Mid -Ohio round of the Superbike Ch ampionshi p on August 7. The protest was filed by Gra y and th en denied after referee Da rrel Dovel gave Bubba Shobert permission to change frames after Shobert destroyed hi s bike in practice prior to the N a t io na\. Shobert later wo n the Na tio na l with G ra y finis hing second. " It will go before an a ppeal board," Bill Boyce of th e AMA said. "We just have to set the date and location ." Kevin Rentzell and Jeff Heino of Team Dutchman (Suz) turned in 1166 laps to edge High Tech Rac ing (Suz) by one lap in the August 14 Road Atlanta 500Kilometer round of t he AMA EBC . Endurance Cha llenge Road Race Series . Team Wyoming [ Ho n), w ith 112 laps, finished third. Roswell Racing (Hon ) f in is hed first in the GTU class with . 109 laps. In AMAICCS Vance & Hines National 'Supersport races. Paul Bray (Hon) topped Doug Polen (Suz) and John Ashmead (Hon) in the Middleweight Supersport race and Polen (Suz) came out on top of Scott Russell (Suz) and M ike Harth (Suz) in the Heavyweight Supersport class . The Suzuki Cup Series Unlimited Supersport race went to Russe ll (S uz) w ith Harth (Suz) taking second and Rentzell (Suz) third. Stop th e tresses! In the traditio n establis he by the original Yoshim ura East of Milford, New J ersey, Arnol Precision of Dumont, New J ersey, was smoked by T he H o use of Power of Nyack. New York, in a recent softball game by th e score of 15-6. West Valley Occupational Center in Woodland Hills. California. will offer a motorcycle mechanic course during the fall semester. Classes start on September 13 at West Valley. The course awards high school credits and is free to hig hschool students. For information. call 818/346-3540. Denver, Colorado's Mile High Stadium will host round seven of the Mickey Thompson O ff-Road Ch am pionsh ip Gran P rix Series on Sat urday n ight, September 17. 45

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